this is deja vu news live from berlin belarus for guinn's releasing its jailed protesters are among the thousands of people detained during demonstrations over the country's disputed elections and they say they'll continue calling for president and franco to resign. also coming up and historic agreement in the middle east israel and the united arab emirates normalizing their relations and establishing diplomatic ties in return israel agrees to suspend further annexations in the occupied west bank. and it's a bull's eye for leipzig is

a stun and logical madrid to go farther than they ever have in the champions league in lisbon where all the action is have. i brought in thomas great to have you with us today the government in belarus has started releasing people detained during days of protests that followed president look at those disputed reelection over the weekend as some of the detainees were freed from custody the bellerose interior minister issued an apology for injuries inflicted on demonstrators close to 7000 people were detained in the crackdown. the apparent concession by the government comes amidst growing pressure both at home and abroad. this is the sound of people power. i say knight in minsk tenting fury at what they see as

a stolen election at the weekend giving president alexander lukashenko a 6th term in office. the violent civil authorities against initial protests only solidified opposition to the regime. and american citizen in bellerose toe detail but you have states haitians broke into her flat and took away have bellerose employee friend to me early hours of thursday they could see that they his nose i think they had broken his nose there was blood on his face have a lawyer and. are. more than allowing the sauce to see her. and so we're kind of waiting and it's really open to play when. she's not alone thousands of others across the country awaiting to whiting and

organizing and even picketing detention centers where people are paying how old. many of those already freed show the injuries inflicted by offices. these pictures the spreading around the world and more will come. people in the streets of piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. over to moscow now and our correspondent emily sherwin date you have a way the belorussian government has apologized and started releasing some of the thousands of protesters will this satisfy the demonstrators or will they continue going out on the streets. well to be honest what we've seen from government officials yesterday was more of a kind of how full apology the head of the interior ministry apologized for any passers by who accidentally got hurt and yesterday the deputy head of the interior

ministry actually went to one of the prisons and he then told the family members assembled waiting for their loved ones outside that no one inside had been tortured which of course the people who were being released they told a very different story so this is really apology i think especially considering the horror stories we've been hearing circulating on social media where videos and photos have been posted people have been talking about being beaten about threats of rape about being stacked in small rooms for hours on end without food and water without the possibility of going to the twilit so really even humane conditions and all these people are now being released and they're angry and so are their family members so the main concession of course of leaving that hasn't been fulfilled and we'll have to see whether this adds fuel to the fire or those options this point

was pressure building as we're seeing the domestically and from abroad as well from the e.u. from the united states for example. well yesterday we saw almost no arrests in the protests that were happening all day so it seems that looks kind of changed his tactic and is no longer cracking down on protesters but the pressure on him is mounting as well because now we're seeing strikes at government enterprises which is hugely important for the mostly state run economy of we've also seen videos of security forces and police kind of burning or destroying their uniforms and saying that they are no longer willing to crackdown on protesters so that could be kind of a turning point for luka shankly the question is what he will do it doesn't seem likely that he will concede even now emily thanks so much for that analysis from moscow to. israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to the full

normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the united arab emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason . by historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and idea was very clear that israel would commit a. phone call with the united states to stopping and exceed suspending it. at the same time we will be able to also i know that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship with israel in the various various areas israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu greeted the deal as a huge step towards peace in the region well today we are sure in a new era of peace between israel and we are ruled this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the our world in the last 26 years. but nixonian was specified that his an accession plans have not been outright cancelled present only put on a temporary hold. the agreement brokered by u.s. president donald trump over months of discussions is seen as an unprecedented reshaping of the political order in the middle east it comes as a diplomatic win for trump just as the election campaign in the u.s. starts to heat up by uniting 2 of america's closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous mentally. but not everyone is satisfied with

the agreement the palestinian leadership dubbed the deal a betrayal and demanded its retraction what the palestinian leadership affirms that neither the u.a.e. nor any other party has the right to speak on behalf of the palestinian people and does not allow anyone to interfere in palestinian affairs or report on their behalf in their legitimate rights to their homeland. you're welcome as a round the world to be agreement is being hailed as a historic achievement the palestinians see themselves pushed to the sidelines. let's get you briefed down some of the other stories making the news this hour the united nations says the death toll from last week's massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut has risen to about 180 some 6000 people were injured the agency says the blast has been affecting operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics and damage schools used 550000 students. authorities in

afghanistan have started the release of 400 taliban prisoners freed militants were filmed saying they wanted peace there among a final group of inmates whose release has been a key taliban demand for beginning peace talks with the afghan government. firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires amidst the blistering heat wave in the western u.s. a rapidly growing blaze north of los angeles has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people the soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. some sports now in the champions league quarter finals are underway leipsic has beaten the highly favored athletico madrid to advance in the semifinals the winner came from substitute tyler adams minutes before the end of the game adams thereby becomes the 1st u.s. men's player to score in a champions league quarter final thanks to

a solid defense and heroics at the end leipzig now advanced to the semi's to face p.s.g. . didn't use any may on the ground in lisbon for us a joins us now via skype good to see there and the even in the city for a few days now what's the atmosphere like especially when a team like lives they can produce such an upset yeah this brian is the story so far definitely leipsic you only formed 11 years ago they are very much the underdog team along with that so lance it was beats him by parry century they are the story they off through so their 1st ever champions league semifinal they were playing in their 1st quarter final so it's an extraordinary story yulian noddles men their coach is actually younger than leader now messi use hoping tonight to be going for a place him self in the semifinals of the competition i saw the game with some fans of sporting last night they are the underdog team of this city lisbon the capital

of portugal behind the big rich a team of pent secret service supporters of sporting in a very small bar near the stadium with the match took place that shows a i'll fill out their own they were very very happy at the end that light sic have made it through to the last 4 of this competition it's an extraordinary moment for them as they aim to become a german champion and maybe we'll see byron as well perhaps during the business later ok you mentioned byron that's another big game coming up is that byron against barcelona are fans showing up for this encounter at least on the street they can't go into the stadiums of course. the thing with bos alone is that they have fans in all cities all around the well messi has many supports this too so there aren't many people who are actually travelling it's less than not least because fans can't get into the stadiums but funds want to still be parts of at this festival of football but 1st have a champions league tournament in

a fortnight block so when boss learned we're training last night to be a study at the loose there were supporters gathered brad just hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the players that they love and we've got more on this night. it's not like there aren't any fans in lisbon welcoming their favorites some were camped outside the hotel barcelona players are staying at supposedly the next best thing if you can't get into the stadium. byron munich vs barcelona should be a celebration of soccer instead it's a muted classic to be played behind closed doors it pits not just 2 great squads against each other but it's also a meeting of superstars such as arguably the world's greatest player barcelona's leonel messi versus the deadliest striker in europe this season byron's robert leaven dusty with $53.00 goals to his credit including many of those scored in the champions league. i have this level i don't think there are favorites

is a bit of luck in there so yes we can count on having the best player in the world. but live and dusky has 13 goals in the champions league this year. while the is so high on both teams that either one can wind up with it on a bus going up it. will approach barcelona with the necessary respect we'll analyze them as we do with any other team you know and we know our strengths and we will try to use them as much as we can on the 2 office who is all in this behind supplying it all comes down to this winning the coveted champions league title this is a giant version of the cup which is set. in downtown lisbon where fans as they are can come together and also watch the games on t.v. set up by local restaurants. but this is where they'd really rather be at the study or deleuze inside. and the a study of villas will be empty and the despite exciting results we've seen already

is the quality of the game suffering because of pandemic restrictions especially when you consider the world's top stars are are playing in those empty stadiums. i think it definitely does impact on the sporting aspect the performances of the sides you look at let's go to madrid last night they are receiving the trip and fly that supports as they are to an extent as well an underdog side as well themselves behind the suit big teams in spain barcelona and rail madrid so they really thrive on the noise the passion the excitement within a stadium so that would have affected them last night absolutely but look it's it's not an ideal scenario to have this football without fans but at least we get some football i think that's what we can say and he made for us in a very sunny very beautiful looking lisbon portugal for some great games still ahead andy thanks very much for being with us. this is deja vu news live from

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